The New & Improved Flarum Roadmap

HDVinnie

Sapioit

clarkwinkelmann You know who developed exactly that ? The Composer team It's not used without reason, it does a fantastic job to this very task: host, manage, download and handle versions between all packages !

I don't think Flarum should drop it, it's a big plus to help code quality. However making user-friendly interfaces around it is definitely a necessity. That's what we've been working on at Flagrow with Bazaar.

I guess you mean CDN by the way ?

You know what they didn't do? May it user-friendly.
And yes, I meant CDN, thank you!

ShalokShalom

Why do you use Typescript? There are languages like FSharp - with Hindley-Milner type inference and so on, who also compile to Javascript.

SoeHoe

can't wait for stable version release

Blueh

maybe you can create a donators group here for +5$ or +20$ subscribers, and add an font awesome icon as a yellow star or something as that

possible objection: it is too work to add manually for each user, I know so, maybe permanent?

Franz

Blueh A Patreon badge on this forum is planned, just needs some coding

GOD

I am sorry to say, but I think I am getting off 'the merry go round' (carousel) as everyone I know was waiting for an installer which would be friendly with shared web hosting. A simple installer which would have allowed web install without the need to SSH (terminal access). This was promised over and over to eventually come by the first release and folks have been waiting since 2015 (it's about to be 2018) for your first release (3yrs) and now you release a roadmap outlining that there will be no new development concerning the install until the 2nd release, while you also are asking for funding. -- I do not see the logic or value at this time in supporting or waiting further (sorry).

I am really disappointed as I really was hoping for Flarum. But as you would exclude most folks within your 1st release and there is no telling how long of a wait for your 2nd release, since we have waited 3 years, I cannot find a defensible position which I could bring to my clients concerning, Flarum.

clarkwinkelmann

GOD what about the amazing Pockethold and Bazaar extensions ? Now that the community built these tools core developers can focus on actual forum features and bugfixes instead of an installer that will probably need a full rewrite for stable anyway

GOD

clarkwinkelmann Extensions are meaningless if you cannot even install the core.

The problem is the early alpha and beta had a web installer and for unknown reasons they removed it. It was promised over and over with each new (beta) release that it would be worked out before the 1st stable release. Some of us have been supporting Flarum for a while now and not just in spirit. 3 years of waiting and standing by in defense of Flarum, only to feel as though we've been slapped in the face. -- Game over.

Blueh

GOD stop crying, there are many guides about how install flarum in a share hosting, even there is an installer here, and three years are more than enough to learn how to do it in a vps...

Drilling-Billy

Blueh Maybe one should stop and listen to actual potential users. I absolutely agree with @GOD ! It would be nice to see the incredible usability they put in the UI to be also in the initial installation and setup of the software.

"You download it and install it on your shared server". Don't mock someone for that request please... There were 588 million estimated Apple users in 2016 and I don't think they all understand exactly how the code works...

dertin

When will the stable version be released?
The next version is beta 8. And after that version?

Liberty

Toby As we keep saying, Flarum is built by volunteers in their spare time. The bad news is that we can't give an ETA on future releases, other than to say it'll be at least a few months between each of them.

Martin

Thanks for the updated roadmap. Really can't wait to use this in production but will hold off until stable & with shared hosting installer.

alayaran

how toby manages to write codes as he studies medical.... just asking

Twiistrz

Gonna follow this roadmap and stick with these updates and this forum. I really like how motive people here.

meisterpropper

Hi,

are there any updates / news on the current state of development? I could help writing faqs and documentation.

matteocontrini

Drilling-Billy how is the number of Apple users related to this? If you think anyone should be able to deploy a forum and deal with databases/http server/php configuration and errors, I'm sorry but you're aiming at something that should be actually avoided.

Sanguine

matteocontrini If you think anyone should be able to deploy a forum [...] that should be actually avoided.

IMO forums should be available to anyone, not just sysadmins. Why shouldn't we work towards this goal? Otherwise, the online discussion space is lost to Facebook, Reddit and Twitter who managed to make it available to anyone already.

Edit: Which isn't to say that we should build shared hosting installers. If Flarum aspires availability to everyone, perhaps setting up a free Flarum SaaS is the way to go

However, my opinion is not very relevant. The project owners should define such meta goals to focus development efforts.

Drilling-Billy

matteocontrini That's the irony in your comment right there. You are seeing databases, http servers, PHP etc... You are thinking in code while some people are thinking in selling products and have a simple-to-implement forum software for their users to communicate with each other and the company to maintain.

But Sanguine is correct, it is not up to us. But that is the crux of the problem also... We don't know for who they will design Flarum. It's "Forums Made Simple", but we all differ in the interpretation of simple... ;-)

Until now though the Techy contributors on this forum are far exceeding the Usability People and that just makes some people like @GOD ask logical questions.